Description
The WP-Ban WordPress plugin before 1.69.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | WP-Ban | < 1.69.1 | 1.69.1 |
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- WordPress WP-Ban <1.69.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-4260.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0cf24be-df87-4e1f-aae7-e9684c88e7db exploit vdb-entry technical-description